A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 183 km W of Chichi-shima, Japan (114 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/18 / 2018-08-27 20:01:10 / August 27, 2018 @ 8:01 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:01:10 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 182.86 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 182.86 km, 140.3829° East, 27.3113° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h8rc. Id of event: us2000h8rc.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel it?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 183 km W of Chichi-shima, Japan.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply